Clothespin



April 8 1924. 1,489,661

:E- G- CQX- CLOTHBSPIN Filed April 5, 1922 [BM/7' 6. 50X

Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES EDWIN G. COX, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed April 5, 1922. Serial No. 549,824.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN Gr. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved wire spring clothes pin constructed to slip readily over the clothes line and to clamp the clothes around the line, instead of over the line like a wooden pin, thus effectively holding the clothes on the line and preventing itself from slipping off the line.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which my invention is illustrated and which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is an edge view of my clothes pm.

Figure 2 is a side view of my clothes pin.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the up per art of my clothes pin.

y clothes pin is made of a single piece of wire 1 and includes a head loop 2 and a pair of spring clamp members 3 and 4 which' are connected to'the head loo by clasp loops 5 and 6 formed at the en s of said wire. The wire 1 is bent in the middle to form the head loop 2 and a pair of arms 7 and 8 which extend through the loops 6 and 5 respectively. The clamp member 3 includes a pair of arms, the arm 7 and an arm 9 and a loop 10 bent in the wire 1 and j0ining the lower ends of said arms, which arms converge slightly upwardly. The upper portion of arm 9 extends in back of arms 8 and through the loop 5 near itsupper end and its upper end portion 11 is bent across the rear of the lower part of loop 2 and has the loop 6 formed at its extremity. The clamp member 4 includes a pair of arms, the arm 8 and an arm 12 and a loop 13 bent in the wire 1 and joining the lower end of said arms, which arms extend substantially parallel to each other and their lower portions and the loop 13 are positioned within the arms 7 and 9 andthe loop 10 respectively, so that the lower portion of clamp member 4 may be normally sprung within the lower part of clamp member 3. The upper portion of arm 12 extends in front of arm 7 and through loop 6 near its upper end and its upper end portion 14 is bent across the front of the lower part of loop 2 and has the loop 5 bent on its upper end. The lower portions of the arms 7 and 9 are bent inwardly at an angle, forming jaws 15 and the loop 10 is bent outwardly at an angle from said jaws. The lower portion of the arms 8 and 12 are bent inwardlyat an angle, forming jaws 16 and the loop 13 is bent outwardly at an angle from said jaws.

In placing the pin over the clothes on the line the inner sides of the loops 10 and 13 engage the clothes on the line and with a cam action spread the clamp members 3 and 4c apart against the spring tension of the clasp loops 5 and 6 between the upper ends of said members and head loop 2, so that the jaws 15 and 16 slip over and under or around the line, thus securelyholding the clothes and the pin on the line.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A wire clothes pin including a head loop and a pair of springclamp members,

the wire being bent in the middle to form a head loop and a pair of downwardly extending arms forming one of the arms of the clamp members respectively, each of said arms being bent at its lower end into a loop of a clamp member and upwardly into an upwardly extending arm of said clamp member, the upwardly extending armsof said clamp members extending respectively in front of and behind the downwardly extendingarms of the other clamp members, the upper end portion of the upwardly extending arm of each clamp member being bent across the lower part of said head loop and bent at itsend in a loop around the downwardly extending arm of said clamp member and the upwardly-extending arm of the other clamp member, the lower part of the arms of each clamp member being bent inwardly at an angle, forming jaws, and. the loops at the lowerends of said clamp 7 bent across and around the ends of the U and means for securing the same in place.

3. A clothes pin formed of a single piece of Wire bent in the middle to form a head 5 loop and having downwardly extending arms, said arms being bent inwardly and upwardly toform bottom loops *and being again bent inwardly at their upper ends so that the ends of the Wires are looped about the lower portion of the head loop and also about each other to form a resilient connection between said arms.

in testimony whereof l afiixmy signature. 

